Der Pirat

Hamburg, end of the 1960s: occasional pothead Jan, also known as "the pirate", makes a career for himself in the local drug scene. He quickly becomes the "hash prince of Hamburg". But when he starts dealing heroin, he also draws his brother Ludwig into his dark business...

Cast

Jürgen Vogel

as Jan

Christiane Paul

as Meike

Laura Tonke

as Sabine

Sebastian Rudolph

as Ludwig

Anna Thalbach

as Elke

Peter Lohmeyer

as Cramberg

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